Fill Your Glass with Brands that Give Back. Winemaker Malek Amrani, a member of USA Triathalon's amateur team, supports the USA Triathlon Foundation with the Tri Blend limited edition wine.
Read More2020 The Vice “Brooklynites 2.0” Orange of Gewurztraminer, 2019 The Vice Pinot Noir Rose Napa Valley, 2019 The Vice Pinot Noir “The House” Napa Valley, 2019 The Vice Cabernet Sauvignon “The House” Napa Valley, 2019 The Vice Saint Laurent “Majorelle” Napa Valley.
Read MoreThe Vice Wine, an all Napa Valley wine producer has released one of the few orange wines to come out of the “orange wine” appellation. Orange of Semillon, “Brooklynites”, 2020 is the name given to this wine produced from a small vineyard in Napa and picked in 2020 right before the wildfires and ensuing smoke tainted many of the vineyards.
Read More“The Five Peaks of Napa Valley” 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon from The Vice Wines is finally ready to make its debut.
Mountain fruit harvested from 5 prestigious AVAs: Atlas Peak, Mount Veeder, Diamond Mountain District, Howell Mountain, and Spring Mountain District.
As Mysterious as It Is Delicious, the Vice Wine’s 2019 St. Laurent, “Majorelle. St. Laurent dark-skinned highly aromatic grapes with origins shrouded in mystery, is the most widely planted grape in Czechia and third most popular grape in Austria.
Read MoreMalek Amrani and his wife Torie Greenberg have built The Vice Wine on a foundation of classic, premium California vineyards and a knowledge of what the consumer wants and needs – the best quality wines with the best value. The result of their hard work and perseverance is a luxury wine brand of small batch, single variety offerings from hand selected vineyards.
Read More2019 Saint Laurent, 2018 Cabernet Franc, 2019 Malbec, 2019 “The Tri Blend” Red Wine Reviewed by Eve's Wine 101. I received some new-to-me Napa red wines for review, and the accompanying news release below. This “vice” wine sounded fun, as did sampling the trio of reds that go into their blend.
Read MoreThe Vice Napa Valley Wines has revealed “The Tri” Tasting Kit, a unique tasting experience featuring “The Tri” 2019 and the single-varietal signature wines that are blended to create it: St. Laurent, “Majorelle” 2019; Malbec, Oak Knoll 2019 and Cabernet Franc, 2019.
Read MoreThe Vice Wine of Napa Valley Will Help You Create Your Own Blend — Over Zoom. When it comes to drinking blended wines, it’s pretty rare for you to have the opportunity to not only try the blend, but also all of the components that went into making it. The Vice is offering consumers the unique opportunity to do just that through its “The Tri” Tasting kit and virtual tasting experience.
Read More2021 has produced plenty of interesting new wines and wine-industry developments. In turn, below are 20 product recommendations and/or interesting vineyard-related news items that are keeping things interesting for wine enthusiasts. “The Tri” Tasting Kit, a unique tasting experience featuring “The Tri” 2019 and the single-varietal signature wines that are blended to create it: St. Laurent, “Majorelle” 2019; Malbec, Oak Knoll 2019 and Cabernet Franc, 2019. A rare, complex blend, “The Tri” — named and inspired by founder/winemaker Malek Amrani’s passion for both wine and triathlon — is so much more than the sum of its parts.
Read MoreThis Dozen features wines from three producers, and both the wines and the producers are of special interest.
Moroccan-born Malek Amrani, founder and winemaker of The Vice Wine in Rutherford in Napa Valley likes to experiment. One of those experiments from Amrani’s cellar lab comes in a three-pack – all single-vineyard Cabernet Sauvignons from the 2018 vintage, but each having spent a different amount of time in oak barrels. Amrani invites you to taste the differences.
The Vice Napa Valley Wines has revealed “The Tri” Tasting Kit, a unique tasting experience featuring “The Tri” 2019 and the single-varietal signature wines that are blended to create it: St. Laurent, “Majorelle” 2019; Malbec, Oak Knoll 2019 and Cabernet Franc, 2019.
Read MoreThe Vice Wine is releasing Orange of Semillon, called The Brooklynites, the company’s first orange wine made from Semillon grapes grown on a single vineyard. The 13.7% abv wine ($28 a 750-ml.) has structure and bright acidity as well as a full-bodied mouthfeel. The Brooklynites is available nationwide. For more information, visit Thevicewine.com.
Read MoreWinemaker Malek Amrani and 2016 Olympian Joe Maloy will host a trio of virtual wine tastings sponsored by USA Triathlon Foundation. The tastings will each focus on different Vice Wine varietals, while Amrani and Maloy talk wine-making, triathlon, fitness, and more. Sign up for just one or all three–the tastings are free to participate, but you must purchase the specific wines in advance.
Read MoreThe Vices Bubbly Rosé: With no sugar and only 90 calories, The Vices Bubbly Rosé is what you should reach for if you are watching your waistline. It's a mixture of rosé and carbonated water, so the wine is lighter on the alcohol side—only 7.2%. It's also vegan and clean. Now that's worth toasting to.
Read MoreThe Vice Rose Pinot Noir, 2019 - Everyone has their so-called “vices,” and this should be one. From a small, sustainable, family-owned winery in Napa, one sip and you’ll understand the popular phrase “rose all day,” if you don’t already. This is not a wimpy rose. It’s bright and slightly savory, with red berries, minerality and no residual sugar. Enjoy with a sandwich or even hummus covered crackers or veggie sticks. The Vice also makes bubbly rose in a can.
Read MoreExtra aging makes for better wine, says this California label. ‘Extra Añejo’ from a winery called the Vice takes a page from the world of tequila.
Read MoreThe Vice Wine seeks out the unexpected. Using single-vineyard Sémillon sourced from Calistoga, their “Brooklynites” is an obvious nod to this wine’s firm foothold amongst the trendy drinkers of Brooklyn where Founder Malek Amrani travels to multiple times a year.
Read MoreWith the 2022 Summer Olympic Games underway in Tokyo we're looking for our own ways to support Team USA as well as our passion for fun and unique wines. Lucky for us, those two things came together fabulously when we got a chance to learn more about Malek Amrani and The Vice Wine.
Read MoreThe flavor here in the Vices Bubbly Rose was almost like a seltzer more so than a wine. Additionally, unlike other wines we sampled, the alcohol content was a very modest 7.2%. The Vice wine is also has only 90 calories.
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